Roller-bearing



0. G. ARNOT.

ROLLER BEARING.

APPLICATION men FEB. 3 1919.

., Patented June 1, 1920.

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GWEN-G. .QENOT, 0F BIaKEBSFIELD, CALIFSHNIA.

:EJQIJLER'B EAEING.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented dune i, infill.

Application. file'd February 3, 1919. Serial Il'c. 274,'26.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN G. Annor, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bakersfield in the county of Kern and State oi? California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Bearings, of which the following is a specification. D

The object of this invention. is to provide a roller bearing in which the rollers may he readily assembled with the cage'and. etlectually held thereinyto' provide a cage of simple and inexpensive construction; to pro vide means-for preserving the shape or the cage, and to provide means for distril'iuting the strain throughout the bearing so as to prevent distortion thereof.

The several stated objects and. such other objects as will hereinafter incidentally appear are attained in such a device as is illus trated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is an elevation partly broken away of a roller bearing constructed in ac cordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a. transverse section on the line 2-2 of 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line of Fig. l;

Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section.

ln carrying out my invention, I employ a cage 1 which will. preferably be constructed of sheet steel having slots produced therein in a stamping machine and then rolled into cylindrical form. llhe slots 2 will extend longitudinally of the cage and in the end Walls of each slot will he provided notches 3 to receive the trunnions l of the rollers The slots will be so. disposed that no two slots Wlll be in axial alineznent and the rollers arranged in said slots will, therefore, he staggered. throughout the hearing, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 4., so that the strain will be distributed equally through the structure and the journal or shaft to which the hearing is applied will run true throughout the life of the hearing. The cage should be of such thickness relative to the diameter of the rollers 5 that the 011'- cumferences of the rollers will project slightly beyond both the inner and outer surface of the cage and. therefore, sufficient clearance will be provided to prevent the journal box or the journal engaging and wearing away the surface of the cage. To maintain the cylindrical formation of the age and prevent spreading thereof I provide at each end of the same a retaining band or collar 6 which may be conveniently formed by stamping an annulus from sheet metal and then folding the said annulus into a U shape, as shown clearly in Fig. l, the space between the sides of the U being sufficient ust clear the end of the cage so that when the collar is slipped on the cage it will in Figs. 1 and l, and will thereby serve to retain the trunnions in the notches provided therefor in the cage. To retain the inner ends of the rollers in proper position in the cage I employ an outer resilient ring or band 7 and asilnilar inner ring or band 8 which are split, as shown at 9, so that they may he readily fitted in place. Tlievband 7 will he so tempered that it will tend to clasp the cage and the trunnions lying under its edges and \vilh therefore prevent outward displacement of the rollers While the band or ring 8 will he so tempered that it will tend to expand and will, therefore, prevent inward displacement of the rollers. he parts are so proportioned, of course, that the rollers will clear the surfaces. of the retaining bands or rings and frictional contact between the same and the journal or the bearing bOX will he avoided, the only contact with the surfaces of thejournal and the hearing box being that of the rollers so that the journal or shalt may rotate freely and the frictional Wear will be minimized.

lit will he readily noted that the bearing rollers are staggered so that the strain is distrilmted equally throughout the bearing and distortion of the cage is thereby avoided. ll heu the parts are to be assembled, the inner retaining rings may be placed in position and the rollers may be then slipped into engagement with the several notches and. slots. the outer retaining rings or bands being then sprung over the trimnions or rollers so as to hold them in position. The collars 6 may then be slipped over the ends or the cylinder or cage so as to maintain the shape of the same and aid in retaining the outermost annular series of rollers in their proper positions. -The pro-' vision of the slots with the notches in their end walls permits the rollers to be easily slipped in position and the resilient retaining" hands ell'ectually retain them in the as sembled relation; The device can obviously be produced at a low cost and will be found hi hly efficient in use.

longitudinally extending slots and having notches in the end walls of the slots, rollers provided with trunnions engaging said notches, resilient retaining bands fitted about the cylinder and" extending over the trunnions of the 'roLlers to prevent outward displacement of the same, and other resilient L-retaining bands sprung within the cylinder under the trunnions of the rollers to prevent inward displacement thereof.

3. roller bearingcomprising a longitudinally split cylindrical cage having longitudinal slots, rollers fitted in the slots, re-

eane /a siiient retaining hands fitted to the cage he tween the series of rollers to prevent dis placement thereof, and ill-shaped collars fitted on the ends of the cage to maintain the shape of the cage.

-il. A roller bearing col prising a split cylindrical cage provided with longitudinal slots arranged out of axial alineinent. and

having notches in the end walls of the slots,

rollers fitted in the slots and provided at their ends with trunnionsengaging said notches, resilient retaining hands fitted around the cage and the trnnnions between ad acent series of rollers whereby to prevent outward displacement of the rollers, resilient retaining bands fitted within the cage between adjacent seri'es oi rollers to prevent inward displacement of the rollers and U-shaped collars fitted on the ends of the cage and extending; over the trnnnions to the end series of rollers at both the inner and the outer surfaces of the cage whereby to prevent displacement of said rollers and maintain the shape of the cage.

In testimony whereof l. afix my signature.

GWEN G. ARNOT. [n a] 

